Sorry, yes, I meant options menu. Matthew Fleming
On Monday, January 21, 2013 7:08:13 AM UTC-6, Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 7:44 AM, Matthew Fleming > <[email protected]<javascript:>> > wrote: > > I'm trying to adapt a phone app for tablets and have run into a problem. > > When the menu button is pressed, it displays the context menu in the > usual > > way at the bottom of the screen, for phone AVD's but not tablets. > > That is the options menu, not a context menu. > > > I > > confirmed this with a simple test application, created with the "Android > > Application" template. If I set the target SDK to 10 or less, then I get > the > > bottom menu for both phone and tablet, but I want to target 17 for other > > reasons. > > I am aware of exactly zero phones running 4.x for which a > targetSdkVersion of 17 will give you the legacy menu affordance in the > navigation bar. Do not rely upon it existing on phones. > > > The only way to show the menu items, on the tablet running 4.2, is > > in the action bar. But this would break compatibility with 2.x, and I > hadn't > > been planning on using it. > > Use ActionBarSherlock for an action bar that works back to Android 2.1. > > > Any clarifications as to why I should be seeing this behavior and > > suggestions for a work-around would be much appreciated. > > Either use the action bar or get rid of your options menus, using > something inside the UI of your activity as a replacement. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy > http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Här kan du ställa och svara på frågor om applikationsutveckling på > Android: http://www.andglobe.com > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
